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Airlines Serving Cairns

Air New Zealand operates Airbus A320 aircraft to Cairns from Auckland. This seasonal service began in March 2016 and is expected to end in October 2016.

Air New Zealand will also operate Boeing 777-200 aircraft on some of these services later during the season.

Air New Zealand Airbus A320

Air North
Air North is a regional airline based in Darwin, Northern Territory. They operate a daily flight to Cairns from Darwin via Gove and a thrice-weekly service from Brisbane West Wellcamp (Toowoomba) using Embraer E170 aircraft.

Air North Embraer E170

Air Niugini

Air Niugini flies from Port Moresby to Cairns a couple of times per day using Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 aircraft. They also operate flights to Cairns from Lihir Island and Rabual using Dash 8 Q300 and Dash 8 Q400 aircraft a couple of times per week.

Air Niugini Dash 8 Q300

Air Niugini Dash 8 Q400

Air Niugini Fokker 70

Air Niugini Fokker 100

Airfast Indonesia

Airfast Indonesia flies to Cairns with McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft, normally every Monday morning from Timika. During the afternoon, the MD-82 departs back to Timika.

Hong Kong Airlines operates a triangular service to Cairns from Hong Kong via the Gold Coast using Airbus A330-300 aircraft. After a short stopover, the aircraft then returns to Hong Kong. This service operates two times per week.

Jetstar

Jetstar is a low-cost airline that serves Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin and the Gold Coast from Cairns using Airbus A320's and Airbus A321's.

Jetstar also operates international flights out of Cairns using Boeing 787-8's to Narita and Osaka daily. In March 2015, they also began services to Bali using Airbus A320 aircraft three times per week.

Jetstar Airbus A320SL

Jetstar Airbus A321

Jetstar Boeing 787-8

Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines began flying to Cairns in December 2015. The airline operates an Airbus A320 from Manila, and after a short stopover, the aircraft continues on to Auckland. It returns to Cairns from Auckland later that day and then departs back to Manila. This service operates four times per week.

Philippine Airlines Airbus A320

Qantas

Qantas operates flights to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne using Boeing 737-800 aircraft multiple times per day.

Qantas Boeing 737-800

QantasLink

Cairns is an operating base for the regional airline, QantasLink. They operate Dash 8 Q400 and Boeing 717-200 aircraft from Cairns.

Qantas Freight operate Boeing 737-300F aircraft into Cairns from Brisbane via Townsville about four times per week. Cairns also generally receives a weekly Qantas Freight Boeing 767-300F flight from Auckland. After a short stopover, the Boeing 767 continues on to Hong Kong.

Qantas Freight Boeing 737-300F

Qantas Freight Boeing 767-300F

Regional Express (Rex)

Regional Express (Rex) is Australia's largest independent regional airline. From Cairns, Rex offer a daily service to Bamaga (Northern Peninsula), as well as a service to Mount Isa via Normanton, Mornington Island & Doomadgee on weekdays.

In July 2015, the airline also began operating three services to Townsville every weekday.

Rex Saab 340B

SilkAir

SilkAir is a full-service subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It operates Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Cairns on the thrice-weekly service.

On Mondays and Thursdays, it arrives from Singapore via Darwin. After a quick turnaround, it departs to Singapore direct.

On Saturdays, it arrives from Singapore direct later departs to Singapore via Darwin.